Six hundred and twenty five staff and students of Massey University were given questionnaires regarding their preferences for improvement to the available transport facilities at their Turitea Campus. Travel mode preference and travel mode behaviours are examined, as well as willingness to accept car-parking costs to shift travel mode to alternative (non-car) transport modes. Incentives such as better cycle facilities, improved regularity and cost of public transport, as well as disincentives such as increased parking costs, are examined as tools for reducing car usage. As car parking charges increase, staff drivers place greater value on a free bus over bicycling, but student drivers place no greater value on a free bus. Both student and staff drivers are likely to reduce car usage with the addition of increased parking costs. However, improvements in the regularity and speed of bus trips are found to be more likely to increase mode change amongst drivers than increased car parking charges. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E212706.
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